January 2, 2007 - Philadelphia I've blabbed on about the Comcast Center Construction for two years, and today I finally went up to the 43rd floor. Obviously, it was awesome. Go to the whole photo set to read about it and see the photos.
One and Two Liberty Place from the 43rd floor of the Comcast Center.

	December 29, 2006 - Chicago Chicago, day three. Check out the Tours Page and scroll down to December 2006 to see two complete photo sets from Chicago.
	Looking north over the Chicago River.

December 28, 2006 - Chicago Day two on foot in Chicago, and my feet hurt.
South LaSalle St, I think.

	December 27, 2006 - Chicago On a whim, a friend and I decided to check out Chicago at Christmas, and three days of photography ensued. The best photos came during my night walk on December 27.
	"The Bean" in Millennium Park.

December 23, 2006 - Philadelphia Although my walk through G-Ho (that's a neighborhood) featured some shots from the always-amazing South Street Bridge, there was something I liked about this one from 26th and South.
Callahan's Grille and the skyline from 26th and South Streets.

	December 20, 2006 - Philadelphia While out for another set of Comcast Center Construction updates, my fairly new wide angle lens helped me find a new angle that I'm sure will be popular for me over the next year.
	Looking up and east from 18th and Cuthbert.

December 12, 2006 - Philadelphia Looking to capture some of Philadelphia's Christmas time lighting in Center City, I walked in the cold for about an hour or so tonight. This limo added a little more interest to a standard street-and-building shot on South Broad. The driver gave me his card and asked me to call him to tell him where the photos would be online... but you have to have an email these days, buddy. He had one of my cards, anyway.

Limousine parked on South Broad Street.

	December 1, 2006 This nighttime view of the Philly skyline and growing Comcast Center surprisingly generated some cash when a department of Liberty Property Trust used it as the front of their holiday greeting card.
	Philadelphia skyline and Comcast Center from my balcony.

November 20, 2006 - Philadelphia Today I took a typical walk around Center City Philly, including the areas of the Comcast Center and City Hall, still getting used to the new wide-angle lens.
Looking north on Broad Street from Penn Square.

	November 19, 2006 - Brooklyn, NYC This morning some family members and I drove up to Brooklyn for a Tae Kwon Do tournament and black belt testing session. My brother moved from a brown to a black belt. Some of the higher belts had to break enormous piles of wood to pass their tests, including an impressive midair kick through six or eight boards (which I didn't quite get right in the photo).
	A sixth-degree black belt kicks through ten boards.

November 18, 2006 - Cherry Hill, NJ This morning I needed some printer ink, so I headed to the Best Buy in Cherry Hill's new shopping center, Garden State Plaza. Located on the former Garden State Park carriage racing site, this big-box strip mall mess is what was eventually chosen rather than the downtown or town center idea that was considered. The only thing worse than this planning decision may be the fact that I got (lightly) hit by a car in the parking lot after taking this picture of the skyline. (The picture was taken from the sidewalk.) It's the first time I've noticed that the skyline is visible from this general area.

Crowne Plaza Philadelphia-Cherry Hill and Philadelphia skyline from Garden State Plaza.

	November 9, 2006 Good light and color this morning helped make a great balcony shot that I used on the Comcast Center construction page.
	Skyline with the growing Comcast Center.

November 5, 2006 - New York City Today I met up with a European coworker to show him around during his first visit to New York. Of course, we had to go up in the Empire State building. It was my third or fourth time. But we also rode the Staten Island Ferry, which was, as far as I can remember, a first for me. Check out the rest of the day's photos on the Tours Page by clicking here.
Looking north from the Empire State Building observation deck.

	November 3, 2006 - Toronto The Cathedral Church of St. James is probably the most photogenic church that I've (frequently) taken pictures of.
	Cathedral Church of St. James from the east.

October 28, 2006 - Cherry Hill, NJ The portraiture got a bit more serious than yesterday's as I helped out some friends with an engagement announcement photo. My favorite was the one on the right, but they eventually chose this one.
Sharon and Marcus.

	October 27, 2006 - Fair Haven, NJ My 25-year old younger brother loves to play it up for the camera. What you're not seeing on the left is the full body shot complete with a daiper and oversized safety pin. Picture all this on a guy that's 6'6" and has a black belt. Halloween can be hilarious.
	World's ugliest baby.

October 26, 2006 - Philadelphia Yet another quick jaunt into Philly tonight, this time mostly to get an update on the progress of the Comcast Center Construction, resulted in an image or two that I was really happy with. Have you heard about October in Philadelphia?
Looking up at the Comcast Center and surrounding buildings from the northwest corner of 17th and Arch.

	October 25, 2006 - Dallas On my walk between the Convention Center and the hotel today I found this interesting little park with a photogenic view of the skyline over an anormous line of stampeding bulls (my photo shows only about a quarter of it).
	Stampeding bull statues jump a small stream in a park near the Convention Center.

October 24, 2006 - Dallas I arrived in Dallas for a conference today and didn't have much time to shoot any photos, but I did take a few from the hallway just outside my hotel room in the Hyatt Regency. It seems like many of the Hyatts I've seen in various cities always include these huge indoor atriums, a nice feature. Note that in Dallas, of course, the bar floor is complete with the Texas star.

Looking down at the bar from the 8th floor of the Hyatt Regency.

October 22, 2006 - Philadelphia A whole new world of urban photography was opened to me today after an early morning trip to NYC to pick up a new wide-angle lens: a Canon 10-22 mm F3.5-4.5 USM (got that?). For the non-photographers out there, let it suffice to say this lens is wide. My first opportunity to test it out was on another walk with my contact from the University City District to check out the neighborhood. As I've been saying all month, check out more results from this visit to University City in the October in Philadelphia tour.

Wide-angle view of the 3600 block of Lancaster Ave in University City.

October 21, 2006 - Philadelphia More of October in Philadelphia. Today's trip to the city was short, but yielded this image of leaves changing color on Market Street in Old City.
Trees changing color on Market Street in Old City.

	October 15, 2006 - Philadelphia Today I spent a few hours walking around University City in Philadelphia on an area tour with the University City District to scout locations for future assignments. It required a bit of tresspassing, but my tour guide led me around a fence to this beautiful yet spooky abandoned home. More shots from this walk are in the October in Philadelphia tour.
	Abandoned home in University City.

October 14, 2006 - Philadelphia I walked about 5 miles in Philadelphia today, introducing the city to a European friend. We walked from river to river and all over Center City, but the best scenery was in Logan Square, where multiple wedding parties posed for their photographers.
Wedding party in front of Swann Fountain in Logan Square.

	October 8, 2006 - Philadelphia Local 113 hired me to photograph four models wearing their merchandise. We spent a full day in the studio and created over 1500 photos. Some of the results are online: Serena and Kim.
	Model Serena Coleman.

October 7, 2006 - Philadelphia Another quick trip to Center City - I only took 31 photos - resulted in a few good ones. I'll probably link to it every damn day of the month: "October in Philadelphia."
Swann Fountain and the Philadelphia Inquirer Building.

	October 3, 2006 - Philadelphia Tonight I walked Center City in search of October lighting changes. I found a few, but one photo of City Hall's William Penn statue stood out. The best of October's photos are available as a Tours Page entry - click here.
	William Penn atop City Hall.

October 2, 2006 Every October, dozens of Philadelphia buildings and landmarks turn pink in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. If you're curious to see a few more, check out the tour "October in Philadelphia."
Pink-enhanced Philadelphia from Cherry Hill, NJ.

September 30, 2006 - Niagara Falls, Ontario On September 30 I drove back from Toronto to the Jersey shore, and never having been there before, stopped on the Ontario side of Niagara Falls. Horseshoe Falls, sometimes called Canadian Falls, is very accessible from the Canadian side and about 90% of the Niagara River's water goes over the falls here. The churning power of the river just before plunging over the edge was the most amazing part of the experience. Combined with a visit to Toronto just 90 minutes away, it's a great trip to make. Check out a 28-photo set from my short visit to Niagara Falls by clicking here.

Horseshoe Falls on the Ontario side of the border.

September 29, 2006 - Toronto Toronto's St. Lawrence Market is an awesome place to pick up some fresh fish, seafood, meats, cheeses, and just about any other food product.
Fresh fish case at St. Lawrence Market.

September 28, 2006 - Toronto One of my first touristic stops of this trip to Toronto was to Casa Loma, built as the home of the once wealthy and later unlucky Canadian investor Sir Henry Mill Pellatt. Its interior is amazing, but the most memorable photos from the visit came from the windows of its tower. The enormous Toronto skyline from Casa Loma.

	September 25, 2006 - Toronto Another week in Toronto, another skyline photo from my hotel room. On this trip though, I'll be venturing out more, so be sure to check the next few log entries and an eventual tour from this week's photos.
	Toronto skyline from the 12th floor of the Holiday Inn Express downtown. Spotlights in the distance call attention to a hockey game at the Air Canada Centre.

September 21, 2006 The Comcast Center increases its impact on the Philadelphia skyline.
Philadelphia skyline and Comcast Center from Cherry Hill, NJ.

	September 17, 2006 - Philadelphia Today was a typical walk-around-Philly-for-construction-updates day, but I didn't do too much else that was creative. But I did get one colorful shot of the Comcast Center under construction that I liked. This mural is in the right place for it to appear to urge the Comcast Center upward. I've been waiting for over a year for the building to be tall enough.
	Mural urges Comcast growth.

September 16, 2006 - Medford, NJ I was asked to photograph the booths at A Taste of Medford, a food-tasting event in Medford, NJ's Freedom Park featuring more than two dozen local restaurants and businesses. One of the attractions was a horse and buggy ride that presented the best photo opportunity of the day.
Horse and buggy ride at A Taste of Medford.

	September 12, 2006 - Cherry Hill, NJ I was contacted a few days ago by the Township of Cherry Hill in order to contribute photos for their 2007 town calendar. They'll be using three other shots that I already had, along with this new photo of a footbridge in the Barclay Farms neighborhood. The calendars are due out in October. Update: check out the calendars here.
	Footbridge in Cherry Hill's Barclay Farms neighborhood.

August 31, 2006 - Holyoke, MA In my mind I always pictured Holyoke, which is a suburb of Springfield, to be a typical wealthy Massachusetts town. I came to find out that although there are plenty of those in the Springfield area, describing Holyoke that way couldn't be more inaccurate. It contains all the features you'd expect to see in a washed-up industrial city that saw its prime long ago, including boarded-up brick buildings and a lack of activity save for a few shady characters. Locals said that Holyoke is one of the most depressed areas in the state.

Typical downtown Holyoke.

August 22, 2006 After my recent hectic road trip, I took some time to sort through the multitude of photos I had taken in order to put together the San Francisco Tour. However, every August at this time, the sun as viewed from my balcony passes right through the Philadelphia skyline as it crosses the horizon. (Check out this photo set from August 21, 2004.) I took the opportunity to get a crisp view of the Comcast Center beginning to have an impact on the Philly skyline.

Philadelphia skyline and Comcast Center at sunset from Cherry Hill, NJ.

August 11, 2006 - San Francisco I booked a Friday night redeye flight back to Philly and spent ten hours walking around San Francisco. Check out one of my best Tours Page entries ever by clicking here.
San Francisco skyline from Coit Tower.

	August 10, 2006 - Sacramento A late flight took me into Sacramento last night. I'm only spending one day here, then driving over to San Francisco. I took a quick detour to downtown Sacramento to check out the California state capitol building.
	Sculptures above the main entrance to the California state capitol building.

	August 9, 2006 - Austin After a drive halfway across Texas and a night in San Marcos, I snapped some shots of the Austin skyline from Interstate 35.
	Austin skyline from the east on Interstate 35.

August 7, 2006 - Houston The beginning of an interesting week starts off with a photo in the least photogenic place imaginable.
Rainbow over the airport roads at Houston Intercontinental.

	August 4, 2006 - Philadelphia Mandeville-Roof-Photo-Shoot-Part-2! And this time the sunset cooperated. All the photos are in this tour. Go!
	Philadelphia skyline from the roof of the Rosenbluth Building.

August 3, 2006 - Toronto Good morning, Toronto! As an architecture fanatic, I can't believe I had never heard of the Cathedral Church of St. James before I saw it myself. It's truly one of the most amazing buildings I've ever seen. I promise to make all efforts to get some photos inside the cathedral next time I'm in Toronto.
Cathedral Church of St. James from above.

August 1, 2006 - Philadelphia A simple, one-sentence email asking for some photo licensing information panned out to quite an experience this week. It's originator turned out to be the developer of Mandeville Place, a unique 41-story ultra-luxurious condo proposal. By that evening I was shooting from the roof of a nearby building in an attempt to simulate views from a lower floor of the proposed project. The view was amazing, but the sunset didn't cooperate, so I was back on the roof on August 4. The photos from both nights are here.

Cira Centre and 30th St. Station over the Schuylkill River.

July 29, 2006 - Red Bank, NJ Since it was one of my favorite places to kill time when I was a teenager, I feel the pull to revisit Marine Park whenever I'm in Red Bank. It's a great place... quiet, shady, and with good views of the Navesink River.
Sailboat in the Navesink River. Marine Park, Red Bank, NJ.

	July 26, 2006 - Philadelphia My second trip in a week to the Art Museum and Waterworks area (which is part of this Tours Page entry) presented some new angles on the museum's architecture, the Cira Centre, and the Schuylkill River.
	Architecture of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

July 24, 2006 - Philadelphia Some of the most oppressive summer weather we've seen in years is upon us, making me want to go no further than my balcony for photography. Even those photos are affected by the thick haze in 10 miles of air between here and the Philadelphia skyline. Despite the heat, Comcast Center construction crews are pressing onward and upward to begin to make a place in the skyline.

Philadelphia skyline and Comcast Center under construction from Cherry Hill, NJ.

	July 19, 2006 - Philadelphia An aimless photography night in the city led me back to the Schuylkill River Path and up to the Spring Garden Street bridge over the Schuylkill River, then on to the Waterworks area, where a new restaurant was having its opening night. Tonight's photos (and those from a week later in the same area) were used to create this Tours Page entry.
	Philadelphia skyline over the Schuylkill River from the Spring Garden Street Bridge.

July 15, 2006 - Jersey City Liberty State park has some of the best views of NYC available. This will be an excellent place to watch the new World Trade Center being built, since lower Manhattan is right across the Hudson River from the park. There's a whole Tours Page entry made up of tonight's photos.
New York skyline from Liberty State Park.

	July 8, 2006 - Philadelphia I've been taking quite a few photos of 2000 Market Street lately for use on their website, and did a complete exterior set today. Although it's a challenging building to photograph due to simple architecture, the clouds helped out on this trip.
	Looking up the south side of 2000 Market.

July 1, 2006 - Walcott, IA On Interstate 80 on my way from Moline, IL, to Iowa City, I had the opportunity to stop at the Iowa 80 Truck Stop, which claims to be the world's largest. I believe it. Cross one more item off the list of "things to do before you die!"
Iowa 80 truckstop from the east on the interstate.

	June 18, 2006 - Claymont, DE It's amazing how close things are to each other on the East Coast. Last night I went to a wedding in Edgewood, MD, drove to the hotel in Claymont, DE, and passed through NJ and PA on the way, all in less than an hour.
	Looking south from the 6th floor of the Holiday Inn Select in Claymont, DE.

June 7, 2006 - Toronto A one-day trip to Toronto produced this great aerial angle of the downtown skyline. It was the start of a great day that ended with a Tour of Queen Street East.
Aerial view of downtown Toronto from the north.

	June 2, 2006 - Philadelphia Today I received an extensive guided tour of 2000 Market Street, a 29-story skyscraper in Philadelphia's central business district, in anticipation of some future photography work there. Although it was a cloudy day, it's always interesting to see the city from new angles.
	Looking west from the 14th floor of 2000 Market into University City.

June 1, 2006 The most violent lightning storm of this year exploded over South Jersey tonight. I braved the balcony and captured four good lightning strikes. See them in the Weather Gallery.
Several bolts of lightning strike a few miles away from Cherry Hill, NJ.

	May 28, 2006 - Philadelphia A long Center City Philadelphia walk today led me to one of my favorite spots for a skyline view, the South Street Bridge. It crosses over the Schuylkill River and gives an amazing spread view of the skyline.
	Philadelphia skyline from the South Street Bridge.

May 25, 2006                                           Another night, another unique sunset.
Sunset over Philadelphia and Cherry Hill, NJ.

	May 21, 2006 Most of the balcony views I show are sunsets. Here's a sunrise that had almost as much vibrancy.
	Sunrise over Cherry Hill, NJ.

May 18, 2006 In a departure from the normal sunset, this one showed more variety vertically than horizontally.
Sunset over Philadelphia and Cherry Hill, NJ.

	May 15, 2006 As the sun sets further into the north sky every day, it's also leaving behind some amazing, dynamic, and unique images almost every time I'm available to catch it from my balcony.
	Sunset over Philadelphia and Cherry Hill, NJ.

May 12, 2006 - Iowa City, IA I finished my drive from Cedar Falls to Iowa City this rainy morning. But when I arrived in Iowa City, the rain let up for an hour or so, just long enough for me to visit Delta Chi Fraternity International Headquarters (I'm a member).
314 Church Street, Iowa City, Iowa, 52244.

	May 11, 2006 - near Alexandria, MN I spent this evening driving from Fargo to Cedar Falls, IA, a 7-hour trip, on my way to Iowa City. The Minnesota farmlands are somewhat photogenic, changing my opinion that most of the rural areas of the midwest look the same.
	Farm silo and buildings near Interstate 94 in northwestern Minnesota.

May 10, 2006 - Fargo, ND Terrible weather - rainy and in the 40s - prevented me from getting a representative photo set in Fargo during my first trip to the state of North Dakota. However, a clear morning shed some pleasant light on this train, seen from an overpass in central Fargo.
Tracks and a parked train in the center of Fargo.

May 9, 2006 - (Chicago) My flight from Newark to Minneapolis, on my way to Fargo, ND, offered me a stopover in Chicago's Midway Airport. (This is where a plane slid off the runway and killed a young boy in a car just a few months ago.) Chicago is home of three of the United States' four tallest buildings, all of which can be seen here. Later in the afternoon I had a few hours to walk around Minneapolis and create an entire photo set. Check it out on the Tours Page.

A plane lands in front of the Chicago skyline.

May 7, 2006 - Philadelphia On this awesome Spring Sunday I woke up before 6 AM and headed over to Chinatown for the second day of photography there in preparation for a new tour.
Philadelphia Fire Department station on 10th Street in Chinatown.

	May 3, 2006 - Philadelphia Motivated by PhillySkyline.com's news of 1.58 million hits in April, I'm determined to do another neighborhood tour for that site. This one will be of Chinatown, and my first set of photos was taken this afternoon.
	Race Street signs and the Ben Franklin Bridge.

May 2, 2006 With a final set of photos due in just two days, a friend taking a photography class appealed to me for help with his final project. The theme: sunrises and sunsets. Certain that I had just the place for him - my balcony - but unable to guarantee a photogenic sunset, I invited him to my place and he arrived and began working about 15 minutes before I shot this photo. He doesn't realize how lucky he got.

Sunset and Philadelphia skyline over Cherry Hill, NJ.

May 1, 2006 - Philadelphia Happy to be back in the the city I love, I walked a few miles around Philadelphia at sunset tonight. I stopped by the Comcast Center for construction photos and 2000 Market Street for some possible work. Having shot so many photos of the Liberty Place twins in the past, I tend to ignore them for new photos. But Two Liberty and this helicopter made an interesting pair just before sunset, so I snapped this quick shot.

A helicopter passes behind Two Liberty Place.

April 28, 2006 - Houston My flight to Philadelphia left out of Houston Intercontinental Airport Terminal E, one of the nicer airport terminals that I've seen.
TV art in the Houston Intercontinental Airport's Terminal E.

	April 27, 2006 - Houston Today I took the three-hour drive from Victoria, TX, to Houston for my flight back to Philadelphia. I love driving around Houston. Although the city is mostly a dense conglomeration of suburban-style strip malls, there are some impressive skysrapers and highway overpasses that I find pretty fascinating. Yes, I'm a dork.
	The downtown Houston skyline at sunset from Texas Highway 59.

April 26, 2006 - Victoria, TX This week I'll be spending 3 days in Victoria, TX, about 3 hours south of Houston. This small, rusty farming and industrial city of 60,000 doesn't seem to offer much in the way of entertainment or photography, so this photo of a downtown restaurant is probably all you'll see.
New Rodeo restaurant near downtown Victoria.

April 20, 2006 - San Marcos, TX In one of the most impressive displays of weather I've ever seen, the skies above San Marcos opened up and dropped icy chunks of hail larger than golf balls outside my hotel. About a mile away, even larger hailstones up to 3 inches in diameter were smashing car windshields. Of course, I grabbed my camera, watched my head while trying to stay half-under the entrance awning, and snapped some quick shots. One of them even got on TV! Check out the entry onthe Tours Page by clicking here.

Hail pounds puddles and cars.

April 18, 2006 - Philadelphia Philadelphia's tallest-building-to-be, the Comcast Center, continues to grow at a rapid pace. Its core is now the size of a significant hi-rise, nearly as large as the Cigna Annex directly to the east. Work during the last two weeks has yielded cranes that are now visible from my balcony in Cherry Hill as well as structural steel visible above street level. Expect this steel skeleton to rocket to the sky on pace with the core. Check the Comcast Center Construction Documentation page for updates from today's trip to Philly.

Comcast Center core in front of Bell Atlantic Tower, from the south on 17th Street.

	April 17, 2006 - Studio Five South, Philadelphia Aspiring fitness and figure model Devon Paruszewski was at Studio 5 South for a photo shoot today, just five days before she'll compete in the MsUSBF Figure Championship on April 22. Serena Coleman did some excellent work on hair and make-up. The photos are available on the Model Photo Shoots page.
	Fitness/figure model Devon Paruszewski.

April 12, 2006 Balcony view, you spoil me.
Sunset over the Philadelphia skyline, from Cherry Hill, NJ.

	April 9, 2006 - Studio Five South, Philadelphia Three models and a make-up artist joined me at my studio (Studio 5 South) today for a 10-hour, 1800-photo shoot. It was an amazing day that yielded some great images. Check out the results on the Model Photo Shoots page.
	Model Lindsay Campbell.

April 8, 2006 Is it my fault this view is so damn awesome at sunset? I'm sorry for posting so many skyline views from my balcony on this log lately... but can you blame me? Tonight's sunset motivated me to put several of them online on the Tours Page: Click Here.
Philadelphia skyline at sunset from Cherry Hill, NJ.

	April 2, 2006 - Philadelphia I spent a few hours walking around Philly today, mainly to get some construction status updates for the Comcast Center, 10 Rittenhouse Square, and other buildings. With spring starting to make its presence known, it was an awesome day to be in the city, and enthusiastic walker (and model) Serena and I covered a lot of ground.
	Hamilton Garden below the dome of the Kimmel Center.

March 28, 2006 - (Mississauga, Ontario) A two day trip to Toronto did not yield any photo tours, but it did allow me to capture this angle of Mississauga. Located a few towns to the west of Toronto, Mississauga (population 650,000) is said to be the world's largest suburb.
Mississauga skyline and Hurontario Street from the north.

	March 26, 2006 An extremely clear Sunday night sky gave me this crisp view of the Philadelphia skyline just after sunset.
	Philadelphia night skyline from Cherry Hill, NJ.

March 19, 2006 The last week has offered a spectacular string of sunsets that I've been able to catch from my balcony. See the rest below, and catch sunsets anytime in the Sunrises and Sunsets Gallery.
Sunset over Cherry Hill, NJ.

	March 17, 2006 Today's sunset outdid yesterday's. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
	Sunset over Cherry Hill, NJ, and the Philadelphia skyline.

March 16, 2006 As we move toward the first day of Spring, the sun is finally setting late enough that I can catch sunsets from my balcony when I get home in the evening. Today's sunset was a great way to start of the SkyscraperSunset Season.
Sunset over Cherry Hill, NJ.

	March 5, 2006 - Studio Five South, Philadelphia Serena and I spent about nine hours in the studio today. Check out the results here or under Model Photo Shoots any time.
	Serena - "Angles."

March 1, 2006 - Toronto Although I've been to Toronto seven times, I only had a chance to make one full photo tour in September, until today. In the late afternoon and early evening I spent about two hours walking around the city's downtown and waterfront area, mostly along a street called Queen's Quay (tour is here). The amount of new development in Toronto is amazing, and despite the frigid temperature, it was a nice day and a great area.

Toronto's Flatiron Building in front of part of the skyline.

	February 28, 2006 - Newark I'm hitting the air again today, this time on my way to Toronto - my home away from home, apparently. While waiting for my flight, I noticed the interesting combination of the busy airport traffic and the New York City skyline - seemingly quiet through the glass and miles away.
	New York City skyline above Newark Airport.

February 14, 2006 - (Dallas) Today I headed back to San Marcos, TX, for another week. En route to Austin I had a stopover in Dallas-Fort Worth and chose a window seat on the left side of the plane, knowing from my last trip that it offered great aerial skyline views.
Dallas skyline over Metroplex traffic.

	February 12, 2006 - Cherry Hill, NJ Last night, the Mid-Atlantic region was slammed by a blizzard that dropped 23 inches on New York City and 11 inches on Philadelphia. I had thoughts of driving over to Philadelphia, but with the roads and parking situation likely a mess, there was no better time to create the first photo tour of my own Cherry Hill neighborhood. So I set out on foot.
	Windsor Tower Drive blanketed in snow.

February 11, 2006 - Jersey City A quick trip up to Jersey City this morning. The old Dixon Mills pencil factory is now an apartment complex, which makes for some really interesting interior scenes.
Interior of the Dixon Mills apartment building from the 4th floor.

February 9, 2006 - San Marcos, TX After walking around downtown San Marcos for about an hour to get photos for a Tours Page entry (click here), I jumped in the car to look for a few more last minute shots in other areas. Just before sundown, I saw a deer walking across a front lawn up in the hills, then noticed there were about 20 of them, spread across the yard and even on the other side of the street.

Six deer in someone's front lawn.

February 6, 2006 - Austin, TX This afternoon I dedicated the last hour of sunlight to a walk in central Austin. The city's main drag, Congress Ave., runs north-south through the main business district before ending at the front gates of the Texas State Capitol Building. I've been to the capitol twice before, but this time I really did some exploring, climbing stairs and opening whatever doors were unlocked as I searched the place. It's a pretty nice building (but I still give the nod to Oklahoma's Capitol). Also impresive is Austin's new tallest building, the Frost Bank Tower, completed in 2004. It's crown is like none I've ever seen.

Crown of the Frost Bank Tower.

February 5, 2006 - Philadelphia I've been on the borderline of death for about a week with the nastiest cough I've ever contracted. Feeling mostly recovered today, finally, I jumped over to Center City for a look at the Comcast Center construction site and the demolition of Rindelaub's Row to make way for 10 Rittenhouse Square. Both are moving right along. The attraction to the recently-completed Cira Centre was once again too great to resist, and I swung to the west to check it out from across the Schuylkill River as it reflected the late afternoon sun. Awesome, as usual.

Top half of the Cira Centre from the east.

January 27, 2006 - Atlantic City Although my intent was to photograph UnderMind at Atlantic City's House of Blues tonight, the backstage photo passes gave me access to amazing angles to shoot the other bands that were playing. I'm also a fan of Sideshow, a great band, and I couldn't resist using this photo of them, my favorite of the night. Awesome show by both bands. Check out more photos from that night in the Events, Sports, and Concerts Gallery.

SideShow - photo taken at House of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ.

	January 23, 2006 - Toronto I flew up today and will be spending 3 nights in Toronto. Although I've been here a bit much in the last few months, I still love the city - its energy, skyline, and people.
	Toronto skyline at sunset from the east-southeast.

January 21, 2006 - Philadelphia With more absolutely amazing weather today, I couldn't resist going back to Center City to check out some construction, and this time, destruction progress. Supposedly-historic Rindelaub's Row is being demolished to make way for 10 Rittenhouse Square, a luxury high-rise condo building, and I couldn't be more entertained. More images to follow when I get a chance to make a 10 Rittenhouse Square page on the Building Construction Documentation Page.

Wrecking jaws take a bite out of the brick west facade of Rindelaub's Row.

January 16, 2006 Two days in a row I was up at sunrise. Today, the clouds were not remarkable, but the reflection of the sunrise off of the buildings to the west provided a satisfying (though probably overused) shot. Philadelphia skyline at sunrise from Cherry Hill, NJ.

January 15, 2006 I spent three days this week in Jacksonville, but didn't have a chance to take any photos. Today was another day where I woke up early for absolutely no reason. The sunrise rewarded me. Sunrise over the Philadelphia skyline and Cherry Hill, NJ.

	January 8, 2006 - Philadelphia I'm with PhillySkyline.com when they say "GO COMCAST GO!" I couldn't resist checking it out again this weekend. (Comcast Center Construction Documentation Page)
	Daytime view of the Comcast Center from the northwest along Arch Street.

January 7, 2006 - Philadelphia (Manayunk) Today I went to Manayunk, a neighborhood in northeast Philadelphia, to shoot a complete photo tour for the Tours Page and for PhillySkyline.com. After several hours of walking around the area, my legs were pretty annoyed from all the hills, but my camera was pretty happpy. My favorite shot of the day is the one I used for the thumbnail on the tours page, which also became an entry on the Urban and Streetscapes Gallery. But I'm also pretty impressed by this mural and wanted to show it again.

Sandy's Dream on the Propper Brothers Furniture Building, at Main and Levering Streets.

January 6, 2006 - Cherry Hill, NJ In late 2004, while driving on one of the routes I commonly take through Cherry Hill, I noticed some extremely bright Christmas lights a few blocks away, and checked them out. Five homes on Deer Road were keeping power plants in business with extreme holiday displays. By the time I returned with a camera a few weeks later, the lights and decorations had been taken down for the season. This year, I didn't miss them. North side of Deer Road - G-Boys Christmas Kingdom.

January 4, 2006 - Philadelphia Philadelphia's giant skyscraper, the Comcast Center, has begun to rise above street level as its massive concrete core is poured. The core is set to rise at about one floor per week for the next year, up to its maximum height of 57 stories totaling 975 ft. Check out it's progress anytime at the Comcast Center Construction Documentation Page.
Night view of the construction progress from the northeast at 17th and Arch Streets.

December 25, 2005 - Sea Bright, NJ I guess it's strange to go to the beach in December, especially on Christmas morning during the thickest fog I've seen in a long time. But this morning I shot awake with tons of energy, and the family was a few hours from really beginning to stir. So it's not surprising that morning photos were my first instinct, and I thought the desolate, foggy beach might make for some interesting subjects. Check out the rest of the photos by clicking the link on the Tours Page.

Self-portrait on the beach in Sea Bright, NJ.

December 9, 2005 - Toronto A few inches of snow this morning and last night brightened up Toronto's ground and gave a new appearance to views I've photographed before.
Toronto skyline from the Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant.

	December 8, 2005 - Toronto I arrived in Toronto last night and requested a room on an upper floor with a good view. This was what my window offered me at 7:15 AM.
	View from the 14th floor of the Holiday Inn Express Downtown.

December 7, 2005 - (Newark/New York) Today I flew to Toronto and, after circling the airport on the ascent, had a great angle from which to photograph the Newark and New York skylines. Although I was shooting through a thin layer of clouds, I was able to digitally salvage the photo enough to make it at least interesting to look at.
Newark, NJ and New York City skylines from the west.

	December 1, 2005 - Philadelphia After hearing that the east portal was also lit and the the colors of each would be changing daily, I went back to Philly the next day for a second look at City Hall's holiday lighting scheme. (See more photos of City Hall's lights on the Tours Page.)
	Top corner of east portal and tower of Philadelphia City Hall.

November 30, 2005 - Philadelphia About a year after unveiling a bright white permanent lighting scheme for City Hall on November 10, 2004, the building is once again the center of attention due to a unique holiday lighting display. Tonight I went to check it out, but I only saw the west portal and didn't know that the east portal was lit. (See more photos from that night on the Tours Page.)
West portal from the intersection of 15th and Market Streets.

	November 26, 2005 - (Minneapolis) I flew home from Cedar Rapids to Philadelphia today and was awarded some nice views of the Minneapolis skyline over snowy surroundings.
	Aerial view of the Minneapolis skyline.

November 24, 2005 - Iowa City I spent last weekend in Atlanta, but didn't take any photos (blasphemy!). I was in Iowa City, IA, for Thanksgiving break. Despite the fact that I lost a contact lens (and didn't have any spares with me), I walked around half-blind taking photos at the University of Iowa and downtown Iowa City. You only need one eye to look through the lens, so hopefully they'll turn out OK. Modern architecture along the Iowa River.

	November 12, 2005 - Studio Five South, Philadelphia My new photography studio, which I share with 6 other photographers, has just opened and become available this month. For my first shoot there, I worked with first-time model Caroline. View some of the day's best images at Model Photo Shoots.
	Caroline - a beautiful profile.

November 10, 2005 - Ottawa Last night I flew into Ottawa and arrived at about 1:00 AM. I had a few free hours this afternoon before catching my flight home, so I walked around the area of Canada's capital buildings. The weather was absolutely frigid, and it was lightly snowing on me, but the area is absolutely beautiful. This group of photos will become the next Tour Page entry. 360 degree panorama of Ottawa and Gatineau from an overlook near the capital buildings. It's almost impossible to see here, so click the image.

	November 7, 2005 As seen in the photo from two days ago below, the treetops can look great on their own. But what do you expect from me except to combine them with a skyline shot?
	Philadelphia skyline behind Cherry Hill forests.

November 5, 2005 Early November is usually the peak time for colorful leaves in southern New Jersey. My balcony view gives a pretty good view of the wooded area west of my apartment building.
Treetops in Cherry Hill, NJ.

	November 3, 2005 - Virginia Beach, VA I stayed in one of Virginia Beach's two Holiday Inns, each of which towers about 10 stories over the beach. My ninth-floor room gave me some pretty nice views of the beach and ocean.
	Early morning sailor in the Atlantic.

November 2, 2005 - Virginia Beach, VA Two days ago I took a ride from NJ to Washington DC for a day spent at a conference downtown. Afterwards I headed down to the Hampton Roads area of southeastern Virginia, which consists of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, Newport News, Hampton, and other smaller communities along the Atlantic coast.
Dogowner and her best friend walk the shore of Virginia Beach.

	October 29, 2005 - Philadelphia The next Philadelphia neighborhood tour that I contribute to PhillySkyline.com will most likely be Manayunk. Today I was in Manayunk for sunset and a few night photos, concentrating mostly on the area's busy Main Street, a popular place for weekend nightlife.
	Main Street in Manayunk at dusk.

October 28, 2005 The variety of the sunsets that I see from my balcony will never cease to amaze me. This cloudy day led to this overcast but bright sunset that I captured just before heating out for the night.
Strange, cloudy sunset over Cherry Hill, NJ.

	October 27, 2005 Before we switch out of daylight savings time a few days from now, the sun will be rising extremely late in the morning. So my normal routine give me perfect timing to check out the sunrise every morning and get a few quick shots.
	Sunrise over Cherry Hill and the Philadelphia skyline.

October 26, 2005 It's amazing... I haven't traveled anywhere by plane in the month of October.
Vibrant sunset behind the Philadelphia night skyline.

	October 18, 2005 - Philadelphia I hope you enjoy night photos, because our quantity of daily daylight is dwindling as we progress toward winter. Because of this, I was unable to catch the sunset reflecting off of the Philadelphia skyline from the South Street Bridge, but instead got this early night shot.
	The Mellon Bank Center, One Liberty Place, and Two Liberty Place tower above Center City Philadelphia as seen at night from the South Street Bridge.

October 17, 2005 Now here's something I've never seen before. The full moon sets exactly at sunrise, of course, and at this time of year, this time of morning, and this part of the lunar cycle, the moon was in a perfect position. As the moon set into the Philadelphia skyline to the west, the sun was rising in the east, causing the same color to reflect off of the moon's surface and the shiny glass of Philadelphia's postmodern skyscrapers.

Moonset at sunrise into the Philly skyline.

	October 15, 2005 At this time of the year the sun sets much further away from the Philadelphia skyline, leading to some variety in the normal balcony view photos.
	Sunset over Cherry Hill and the Philadelphia skyline.

October 12, 2005 Tonight there was an odd brightness floating above the city as light from the urban area reflected off of low clouds. Unfortunately, it was also so windy that it was difficult to get a clear shot as my camera shook around on its tripod.
Light from Philadelphia reflects off of low clouds, seen from Cherry Hill.

	October 7, 2005 - Philadelphia Old City morning day two. This time, I was in Philly by 6:15 taking photos near the Ben Franklin Bridge. These photos also contributed to the most recent Tour Page entry.
	A pedestrian walkway and cars flowing from the Ben Franklin Bridge.

October 6, 2005 - Philadelphia The Cherry Hill tour for PhillySkyline.com has been put on hold in order to create a tour of Old City Philadelphia. Today I walked quite a bit in the northern half of Old City, especially North 3rd Street, North 2nd Street, Elfreth's Alley, and Market Street. The photos were used to create the Oct. 6-7 entry to the Tours Page.
A doorway on North 3rd Street.

	October 3, 2005 - Cherry Hill, NJ With plans to create a Cherry Hill entry on the Tours Page and a neighborhood tour for PhillySkyline.com, I set out for a few photos of St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church on Cooper Landing Road to get me started. The Eastern European-style steeples and excellent stained glass work make this some of my favorite architecture in town.
	St. Michaels Ukrainian Catholic Church from the northwest at sunset.

October 1, 2005 - Philadelphia As visitors to this site have seen, I've been jumping over to Philadelphia's giant under construction, the Comcast Center, to grab photo updates whenever I can. Since late last night, crews have been pouring the first concrete into the foundation, so I got to Philly early to catch the action. I randomly had a hardhat in my trunk, so I put it on and took my chances asking one of the foremen if I could stand on the site. With approval I was on the property for exactly an hour (9:38 to 10:38) before someone from Liberty Property Trust kicked me off. The rest of the photos will show up somewhere on SkyscraperSunset.com soon, guaranteed.

Concrete pumping trucks and their spider leg cranes hang over the foundation of the Comcast Center.

	September 29, 2005 - Toronto Today's cold winds were the first strong message that winter is on the way. Low, dark clouds rushed by overhead all morning, and framed the city skyline in my view from the east along Lake Ontario. The sky cleared up as the day went on, but the temperature stayed low and the winds never really died down from their 40 or 50 mph gusts.
	Toronto skyline reaches toward low clouds at sunrise.

September 28, 2005 - Toronto Driving around the city and the suburban areas filled my day today. Like many cities, some of the views from Toronto's highways are awesome, and the obvious inability to get a good photo of these views is frustrating.
CN Tower and downtown skyline from the southeast on the Gardiner Expressway.

	September 27, 2005 - (Toronto) Toronto, Toronto, Toronto. I practically live here now. And I know which side of the plane to sit on for the great aerial views of the Toronto skyline.
	Downtown Toronto and Lake Ontario from the southwest.

September 24, 2005 - Philadelphia Philly in the Fall - I'm in Heaven. Another day in and around Center City yielded photo updates at the Cira Centre and Comcast Center construction sites. I also explored the Loft District, a dingy, post-industrial neighborhood just north of Center City's Chinatown, and the top of the 12-story garage near Vine Street where I parked.